general rushing question

[TITANIC VS LUSITANIA]

i have a question. if eric crouch takes the snap and runs for 10 yards past the line of scrimmage and then he laterals the ball to ameer abdullah, and ameer takes it another 30 yards, does ameer get 40 yards rushing or does he get 30 and crouch gets 10?

[Mavric]

I think they both get credit for how far they ran with it.

[Thanks_Tom RR]

What if Crouch runs 10 then fumbles with ball forward 5 and Ameer picks it up for another 15? Riddle me that, Batman.

[TITANIC VS LUSITANIA]

these questions are bloody difficult

[Thanks_Tom RR]

these questions are bloody difficult

Yeah, I want a multiple choice here

[HuskerShark]

i have a question. if eric crouch takes the snap and runs for 10 yards past the line of scrimmage and then he laterals the ball to ameer abdullah, and ameer takes it another 30 yards, does ameer get 40 yards rushing or does he get 30 and crouch gets 10?

 

I may be wrong, but I believe Ameer would get credit for 40 rushing yards.

[Landlord]

If it's a play where there is a pitch, the person that ends the play with the ball gets credit for the rushing yards.

[MichiganDad3]

i have a question. if eric crouch takes the snap and runs for 10 yards past the line of scrimmage and then he laterals the ball to ameer abdullah, and ameer takes it another 30 yards, does ameer get 40 yards rushing or does he get 30 and crouch gets 10?

 

I may be wrong, but I believe Ameer would get credit for 40 rushing yards.

This is how the stats were kept in the 90's

[Mavric]

If it's a play where there is a pitch, the person that ends the play with the ball gets credit for the rushing yards.

You're right. I was thinking of a hook and lateral play. The first guy gets a reception and the yards to that point then the guy who gets the pitch get the remaining yards but not a reception.

 

With a pitch, the second guy gets all the yards.

[WizardOfOsbourne]

I think the right answer is: They'd both be called for pass interference on an uncatchable pass, resulting in an automatic turnover.

[admo]

Abdullah gets 40. That's how it always goes.

[Glendower]

Abdullah gets 40. That's how it always goes.

If not, we'd have to start making pitches behind the line of scrimmage on, say, an option count for negative yards rushing for the QB, and that would just get all kinds of messed up

[Bowfin]

Good question, we were wondering the exact same thing with the Kellogg to Abdullah to Newby option.